Primo VE: Re-instate the A-Z browse function for DATABASES
Re-instate an A-Z browse option for Primo VE Database Search, like the one available for Primo Classic.
This enhancement is part of the roadmap in 2025 - with NERS #8760 - Add A-Z to Database and Journal Search in Primo VE .
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Manu_Schwendener commented
NERS 8760 got through and should become possible by autumn 2025.
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Manu_Schwendener commented
NERS 8760, open for voting now.
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Manu Schwendener commented
Workaround by Bill Constantine via the Primo mailing list:
"add the first letter to the metadata for the categories/subcategories.
For example, AccessEngineering has this in the bib record 690 $$a A-Z $$bA. The other categories are in 690s as well."Result:
https://unsw.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/dbsearch?vid=61UNSW_INST:UNSWS----
We are using the same method, but had this already in the data before we migrated to Alma, to distinguish between open access ("freier Zugang") and licenced ("via VPN") databases:
https://basel.swisscovery.org/discovery/dbsearch?vid=41SLSP_UBS:live
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Manu Schwendener commented
NERS 7820, open for voting now (2023).
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Manu Schwendener commented
Did not make it through round 2 of NERS.
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Manu Schwendener commented
NERS 7820, round two open for voting now.
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Veronica Wang commented
This is the major reason for librarians not adopting Database Search over Springshare as A-Z is a useful way for users to find databases. Auto-complete cannot list databases in the same way.
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LeAnne commented
We are interested in an A-Z database search. The A-Z journal search is too overwhelming.
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Maurine McCourry commented
This is a request for a database A-Z list. https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/36909595-a-z-option-in-primo-ve-journal-search is for a journals A-Z list. Our users expect the former, but not the latter.
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Rachel Salby commented
I believe this is the same as https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/36909595-a-z-option-in-primo-ve-journal-search - could we please combine?